つ ‘tsu’ hiragana stroke order

つ ‘tsu’ hiragana mnemonic

This image should help you to remember how to write ‘tsu’ in hiragana by associating the letters tsu with the shape of つ. Remember that the English words used here are not a pronunciation guide. They help you to remember how to write つ, not how to say it.

To learn pronunciation you need to get a lot of listening and speaking practice done. Online services like JapanesePod 101 can help with that.

つ is a tsunami.

つ ‘tsu’ hiragana origins

つ is derived from the kanji 川 (kawa) . This is pronounced chuān in Mandarin Chinese (hanzi) and chen in Korean (hanja).